Toujours Lamour (Love always)

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Medium Oil, Wood, Framed by Artist
Dimensions 13.8in (W) x 19.7in (H) x 1.6in (D)
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Artwork Description

My work has been highly influenced by the world of commercial art and graphic design. This translates to my art in many ways. My still life paintings are careful composition full of allegories, which capture a moment in time where all represented items are meaningful beyond the composition.

'Toujours Lamour (Love always)' is a still life that features red roses in and around a glass bottle. The glass bottle is the classic Coca-Cola shape, but the brand has changed to the words 'Tourjours Lamour'.

This has been directly inspired by Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliette where he features a red billboard, with the words 'Wherefore L'Amour' in the iconic Coca-Cola font.

Artist Bio

Born in Georgia USA in 1978, Melissa moved to Australian as a baby and grew up in Windang, on the South Coast NSW. Melissa established a career in advertising since 1999, and started portrait and still life painting in 2012. Melissa has been a finalist in many Australian Art Prizes including the Archibald Prize, Eutick Memorial Still Life Award, Kennedy Prize, Kilgour Prize, Pirtek Still Life Award, Shirley Hannan Portrait Prize, Brisbane Portrait Prize, Black Swan Portraiture Prize, Portia Geach Memorial Art Award, John Copes Portrait Prize and the Percival Portrait Prize. Melissa won Wollongong Art Gallery’s ‘Postcodes from the Edge Art Prize’ in 2016.